Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lindō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *lindijō

Etymology

Possibly related to *linþaz (“mild, soft”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Has also been compared to Albanian lëndë (“wood, material”), Lithuanian lentà (“(linden) board”), Russian лут (lut, “(linden) bast”) (< Proto-Slavic *lǫtъ), thereby perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *lentéh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlin.dɔː/

Noun

*lindō f

1. linden tree
2. (poetic) shield (made of linden wood)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *lindō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lindō	*lindôz
vocative	*lindō	*lindôz
accusative	*lindǭ	*lindōz
genitive	*lindōz	*lindǫ̂
dative	*lindōi	*lindōmaz
instrumental	*lindō	*lindōmiz

Derived terms

• *lindīnaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lindu
  • Old English: lind
    • Middle English: lynde, lynd, linde, lind, lyne, lyn
      • English: lind, lime
      • Scots: lind, lynde, leind
  • Old Saxon: linda, lindia
    • Middle Low German: linde
  • Old Dutch: *linda
    • Middle Dutch: linde
      • Dutch: linde
  • Old High German: linta
    • Middle High German: linde
      • Bavarian: Lindn
      • German: Linde
      • Luxembourgish: Lann
• Old Norse: lind
  • Icelandic: lind
  • Old Swedish: lind
    • Swedish: lind
  • Danish: lind